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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9_site-of-goldsborough-house_Centreville-MD.html
By that year, a 2-story brick house, measuring 40 by 24 feet and described as "not yet fully complete," was built on a 4-acre lot of "Chesterfield," deeded in 1792 from Mary Nicholson to her daughter Henrietta. Henritta's husband, Dr. John Bracco,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G7_wrights-chance_Centreville-MD.html
Early plantation house with original paneling. Listed as an "old dwelling" in a 1744 resurvey of "Smith's Forrest," patented 1681. Moved 1964 by the Queen Anne's County Historical Society to present site, part of "Chesterfield", upon which the tow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G6_honor-middot-valor-middot-wwi-middot-wwii-middot-korea-middot-vietnam_Centreville-MD.html
To honor the veterans of Queen Anne's County who served their country in time of war and especially those who made the supreme sacrifice so that we and future generations may enjoy freedom.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G4_queen-annes-county_Centreville-MD.html
In 1631 William Claiborne established the first settlement in Maryland. A fort and trading post on Kent Island, the westernmost part of Queen Anne's County. On April 18, 1706, during the reign of Queen Anne, the County received its name from the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3_the-courthouse_Centreville-MD.html
Oldest courthouse in continuous use in the State of Maryland. The building was authorized by Acts of Assemby after the removal of the County Seat from Queenstown to Chester Mills, later Centreville. It was erected between 1791 and 1796 on land pur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1_joshua-seney_Centreville-MD.html
Beneath this stone are interred the remains of Joshua Seneywho was born near the spot which now contains his ashes March 4, 1756 and died October 20, 1798. From the commencement of the American Revolution at various periods of his life he filled, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FY_st-lukes-episcopal-parish_Church-Hill-MD.html
Founded 1728, when the Provincial Council in Annapolis granted a petition to establish the present parish.
St. Luke's, the oldest brick church in the State with its original structure, was completed, 1732, at the cost of 140,000 pounds of toba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FX_dudleys-chapel_Sudlersville-MD.html
This is the first Methodist meeting house erected in Queen Anne's County, as an outgrowth of a Society organized in 1774. It is one of the earliest surviving Methodist Churches in Maryland. Bishops Francis Asbury, Thomas Coke and Richard Whatcoat …